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SUBMITTER: Baldini LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120344 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baldini Lisa M LM Baldini James U L JU McElwaine Jim N JN Frappier Amy Benoit AB Asmerom Yemane Y Liu Kam-Biu KB Prufer Keith M KM Ridley Harriet E HE Polyak Victor V Kennett Douglas J DJ Macpherson Colin G CG Aquino Valorie V VV Awe Jaime J Breitenbach Sebastian F M SF
Scientific reports 20161123
Accurately predicting future tropical cyclone risk requires understanding the fundamental controls on tropical cyclone dynamics. Here we present an annually-resolved 450-year reconstruction of western Caribbean tropical cyclone activity developed using a new coupled carbon and oxygen isotope ratio technique in an exceptionally well-dated stalagmite from Belize. Western Caribbean tropical cyclone activity peaked at 1650 A.D., coincident with maximum Little Ice Age cooling, and decreased gradually ...[more]